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re: Saints 2014 Offseason Thread
Posted on 3/28/14 at 2:49 pm to THRILLHO
Posted on 3/28/14 at 2:49 pm to THRILLHO
At least a mil +. We're at 2.4 at the moment, and I think we need around 1.5 to sign our draft class.
What I'm wondering is at one time I heard that the money to sign draftees was already figured into the cap, and then this year I've heard (at one point when we were tight against the cap) that we'd need to make room for them, so I'm not sure which it is.
What I'm wondering is at one time I heard that the money to sign draftees was already figured into the cap, and then this year I've heard (at one point when we were tight against the cap) that we'd need to make room for them, so I'm not sure which it is.
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Posted on 3/28/14 at 3:09 pm to Patrick O Rly
It's not already figured in. The whole confusion about draft picks I think arose from the top 51 rule. Starting around the third round, guys are barely making over the rookie minimum, so including a small signing bonus, they barely eat into the cap. 5th/6th/7th rounders may get no signing bonus or get something in the ~$20k range, so they pretty much don't affect the cap at all. They could even free up a little cap space for the team if their previously 51st highest paid player was counting as a 2nd year vet min against the cap (which is the case for ALL vets on one year minimum deals, regardless of experience).
Another bit of confusion is probably from draft picks not counting against the cap until they're actually signed, so you don't have to worry about them at the start of FA. Teams can just go up against the cap and then cut a fairly low cost vet to free up the space whenever they want to sign their picks.
Another bit of confusion is probably from draft picks not counting against the cap until they're actually signed, so you don't have to worry about them at the start of FA. Teams can just go up against the cap and then cut a fairly low cost vet to free up the space whenever they want to sign their picks.
This post was edited on 3/28/14 at 3:13 pm
Posted on 3/28/14 at 4:29 pm to Patrick O Rly
quote:We were reported at $3.1m after everything except the McCown signing. Assuming that was vet minimum, he only ate $150,000 into that so we'd still be right around $3m.
We're at 2.4 at the moment
Thrillho covered pretty much everything else but I just wanted to put the current cap situation up there.
Assuming we get DLP for like $2m for 1 year, we'd only need to barely restructure a guy(the more years remaining the better) to sign draft picks(mostly our 1st and 2nd rounders as the rest will barely make a dent) and it'd put VERY little on future caps.
I think I'd still prefer Goodwin on a one year vet minimum if he would accept that. That way we wouldn't have to do any more adjusting.
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